Hotter and drier conditions could whittle away 80% of land where whitebark pine grows by the middle of this century, ...

It’s fall on public lands and stewards are encouraging visitors not to feed the bears, completing trail work before snow falls — and planting whitebark pine seedlings.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025. The ...

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THIS PANEL ALSO MEETS AGAIN TOMORROW TO DISCUSS EVEN MORE POSSIBLE CHANGES. NEW TODAY - THERE'S A NEW PUSH TO HELP CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE PINE BEETLE. SENATOR CINDY HYDE SMITH'S PROPOSED A BILL ...

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related ...

The Dollar Lake Fire blew up from about 20-30 acres the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, to nearly 1,400 by the next morning. It's burning on the east side of the Green River near Dollar Lake, ...

Courtesy of Forest Health Highlights in Washington, Washington Department of Natural Resources, photo by William M. Ciesla The spruce budworm attacks Douglas firs and spruce trees, eating new foliage ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Endangered whitebark pines live at high altitudes. Mount Tallac is a good place in the region to ...

Bark beetles evolved to feed on specific types of trees, leaving behind dried-out shells, as seen at Lake Granby in Granby, Colorado on May 31, 2025. (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News) UNCOMPAHGRE ...

Sick and healthy ponderosa pines stand in the Malheur National Forest. A recent study found trees hundreds of years old in the Blue Mountains were dying at a high rate. (James Johnston/University of ...